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Google implements leadership changes in AI division
Demis Hassabis, head of Google's AI efforts, becomes chairman of Google DeepMind and Alphabet's chief scientist. Koray Kavukcuoglu, former CTO at DeepMind, takes over as SVP. Additionally, Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat are leaving Google to found AI company Discovery Loop, which receives Google as an investor.
WHY IT MATTERS
The change marks a strategic shift where Hassabis focuses more on health applications and AGI questions, while operational leadership of DeepMind is taken over by Kavukcuoglu. Jeff Dean's departure signals a significant restructuring of top leadership in Google's AI efforts.
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